# Electrocution, electric shock at Petro Home Services
> OSHA SIR `2025010144` · 1/6/2025 · WASHINGTON CROSSING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Petro Home Services
- **Location:** 11 Bunker Hill Dr, WASHINGTON CROSSING, PENNSYLVANIA, 18977
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing repairs on a smoke pipe attached to a furnace. There was an electrical service line that was temporarily on the lawn and it was energizing a nearby cold water pipe. The employee contacted the cold water pipe and sustained an electrical shock.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*